Career
During his tenure as president, Stanbury successfully argued that the party join the Liberal International.
politician Member of the Senate of Canada
During his tenure as president, Stanbury successfully argued that the party join the Liberal International.
He became active in Liberal politics and was the riding association president in York Centre in the early 1960s and later became president of the Toronto and York Liberal Association, served on the National Liberal Campaign Committee and chaired the National Policy Committee of the Liberal Party. Shortly after being summoned to the Senate, Stanbury was elected president of the Liberal Party at the same convention that selected Pierre Trudeau as party leader.